Using cryptopp 8.9 on debian 12.11 with gcc 14.2 I have an AES/GCM encryption program which I am running on a large file (75GB). It is failing with the error "AES/GCM: message length exceeds maximum". I searched around and found information which suggests the maximum file size should be 2**39-256, which is a bit less than 550GB. So it is not clear to me why I am getting this error message. Any ideas on what kind of bug I should be looking for? As a second question, anyone have any advice on ways to handle large files which it is desirable to encrypt? This is not the largest file I would like to encrypt and it is plausible I would hit the 2**39-256 limit.
The relevant code looks like this: CryptoPP::GCM<CryptoPP::AES>::Encryption encryptor; encryptor.SetKeyWithIV(reinterpret_cast<const CryptoPP::byte *>(key.data()) , KeyBytes , iv.bytes , IVBytes ); CryptoPP::AuthenticatedEncryptionFilter filter(encryptor); CryptoPP::FileSource source(plainfile.c_str(), false); CryptoPP::FileSink sink(cipherfile.c_str()); CryptoPP::ArraySource(iv.bytes, IVBytes, true, new CryptoPP::Redirector(sink)); source.Attach(new CryptoPP::Redirector(filter)); filter.Attach(new CryptoPP::Redirector(sink)); while (!EndOfFile(source) && !source.SourceExhausted()) { source.Pump(TransferBytes); filter.Flush(false); } filter.MessageEnd(); -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crypto++ Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cryptopp-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cryptopp-users/579512a3-7dd1-4734-be29-74920f25fa2en%40googlegroups.com.